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Wellington NZIC Branch News

In December 2022, the NZIC President, Associate Professor Michael Mucalo, gave his NZIC Presidential Seminar to the Wellington NZIC branch.
Wellington NZIC Branch News

In December 2022, the NZIC President, Associate Professor Michael Mucalo, gave his NZIC Presidential Seminar to the Wellington NZIC branch. This was followed by the Wellington branch AGM with the election of the new branch committee, and a handing over of the baton to our new NZIC president Associate Professor Joanne Harvey.

2023 Wellington Branch NZIC committee

Student successes

Congratulations to Victoria University of Wellington students who have won prizes at recent conferences:

  • Lara Brown - best overall student poster prize at the NZIC 2022 conference.
  • Aditi Kumar - best student poster at AMN-10, February 2023.
  • Jake Hardy and Calum Gordon - best student talk at AMN-10, February 2023.
  • Emily Stephens and Andrea O’Reilly - best poster at the MacDiarmid Symposium.
Lara Brown receiving her best student poster prize at the NZIC 2022 conference

After winning the Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka 3 Minute Thesis Competition, PhD student Lucy Hughes qualified for the 3M Asia-Pacific competition where she finished in the top ten. 

Lucy Hughes with her VUW 3MT certificate

PhD completions 

Congratulations to Ferrier students who have recently successfully completed their PhD examinations in 2022: Rudy Bundela, Mitchell Ganley, Parastoo Khajeaian, Rose McLellan, Michael Meijlink, Charlotte Page and Yoan Preux. 

Rose McLellan’s exceptional PhD thesis was selected for the Dean’s list. 

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